Syensqo shows MTM 45-1 eVTOL rotor blade at JEC World

The blade is one of the aerospace projects on Syensqo’s stand (Booth K58, Hall 5). It is formed with one-shot compression molding, so no separate bonding step joins the structure afterwards. According to Syensqo, the result is a lightweight, high-strength part produced in a single operation.

Beside the blade, the composites supplier displays a component made for Bell Textron. That part comes from Syensqo’s patented DDF process, run with the fast-cure aerospace prepreg Cycom EP 2750. Syensqo also names itself the main technology partner of Climate Impulse, a hydrogen-powered aircraft programme that aims to fly nine days non-stop around the world.

Cycom EP 1700, a press-cure product, makes its official debut at the show. Cycle time is 10 minutes or less per part, the system runs on DDF lines, and service temperatures exceed 80 °C. It also handles automated deposition such as pick and place. Syensqo aims it at defence and aerospace users, from first prototypes to volume production.

Rodrigo Elizondo, who heads Syensqo Composite Materials as its President, links the line-up to customers’ performance goals and to a move toward more sustainable mobility. Talks take place on the Agora 5 stage, and he says the company expects to meet customers, partners and suppliers there.

Why it matters

For eVTOL builders, the rotor blade is a primary rotating structure, and the example concerns the number of operations needed to make it. Dropping secondary bonding takes one assembly step out of the process, which is the point Syensqo makes about the part.

The rest of the stand points the same way. The Bell part and the EP 1700 debut both concern cycle time. On 10 March a talk on validating automated DDF for aerospace is given by a Syensqo engineering director together with a Bell technical fellow.

Syensqo has also loaded its composite datasets into AniForm’s software, which simulates how thermoset and thermoplastic materials form. The simulation works with DDF, and customers use it to forecast process behaviour, build fewer prototypes and qualify parts sooner. For airframe suppliers weighing rate against qualification effort, that combination of materials, process and simulation is the offer on show.